Detroit plans world tallest building with 27 story hotel
A Detroit architect unveils plans for a massive complex to rise on a $5,000,000 site bounded by Michigan and Cass avenues Lafayette Boulevard and Abbot streets. The scheme includes a 27 story hotel and 57 floors of offices reaching 808 feet, a post office police station arena seating 16 000, and a 3 000 capacity auditorium.
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Detroit
Michigan and
Cass Avenues
Lafayette Boulevard
Abbot Streets
Woolworth
New York
Bed Rock
Canadians Raid Deep Into German Trenches In Surprise Attack
Canadian War Records describe a raid under heavy bombardment that penetrated German lines for about an hour. British and Canadian forces overran trenches, destroyed dugouts with charges, seized three large mine shafts, and took 47 prisoners from the 7th Bavarian Regiment including an officer and two NCOs.
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7Th Bavarian
N.c.o.’S
Montreal Man Finds Cure for Bright's Disease
Montreal man George Sullivan credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing Bright's Disease after two years of illness. He says three boxes improved him, nine boxes completed his recovery, and he praises the remedy for kidney ailments from backache to Bright's Disease.
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George Sullivan
Dodd
Montreal
Que
Bright
Walters St
Sullivan
Montreal General Hospital
Canada
Canadian Made Lead Pencils Enter New Zealand Trade
Canadian trade official reports pencil samples from a Canadian firm sent to New Zealand after Austrian supply ceased. The samples pleased the Kiwi buyers and substantial orders followed. If wartime demand allowed, Canada could capture more of New Zealand’s prewar German trade. New Zealand orders offered to Canada last year reached at least one million dollars but could not be filled.
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New Zealand
Trade and Commerce Department
Hieddoe
Auckland
Canada
Beddoe
Germany
Mrs Youngwife Reveals Husband George’s Voting Record
Mrs Youngwife notes that her husband George is influential in politics and has voted in two Presidential elections, with both choices aligning to his own votes. The exchange highlights George’s political influence and voting pattern within their circle.
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Youngwife
George
Rations, Water, and Health in the Front Line
General Haig ordered an inquiry into troop feeding with War Office experts inspecting bread meat butter tea coffee and cocoa on site. The commission found overall favorable results and improved standards quantities and freshness. Officers and doctors credit ration handling for troops health. Water supply was also studied with soldiers valuing clean pure water and faster service from water-wagons.
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Haig
War Office
Minard's Liniment Praised for Foot Jams
A user letter extols Minard's Liniment as the best remedy after a severe foot jam. The writer T G McMullen reports soaking the foot and recovering fully by the next day.
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Minard
Learning love wrong way warns of danger in youth
A cautionary line urges readers to fear seeking romance through rapid study or shallow knowledge. It implies that quick, self-serving lessons in affection can lead to harm or folly.
Worm Exterminator Named For Infant Complaints
One of the commonest complaints of infants is worms and the most effective application for them is Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator.
Navy to Field 400000 Men in 1917 18
The Royal Navy will total 400000 officers and men for 1917 18. A supplementary estimate adds 0 000 across all ranks in the current year, bringing the aggregate to 400000. The 1916 17 original estimate was 350000.
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Royal Navy
London Telegraph
The Angel Child Dr Francis M Greene Warns Parents
Boston social hygiene expert Dr Francis M Greene counsels parents not to boast of offspring. He divides children into three groups and identifies two kinds of juvenile badness selfishness and excessive vitality. He urges careful guidance to cultivate strong, fiery youths.
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Francis M. Greene
Boston
Greene
Vetuit New
Asthma Remedy Promises Relief After Trials
A medical advertisement touts Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a proven aid to relief. It claims relief from nervous weakness loss of flesh and other evils, urging a trial to convince skeptical readers.
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J. D. Kellogg
Animals at War Serve Frontline Roles Across France
Hundreds of cats and thousands of dogs serve in World War I duties from rat and rodent control in trenches to carrying supplies and drawing machine guns. Red Cross units employ dogs to locate the wounded in No Man's land, while terriers and spaniels help clear trenches of rats. Country cats supply mice control back of the front. Soldiers trade back home visits for pets and small bounties for rat kills, as dogs and cats become favored comrades amid hardship.
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Red Cross
No Man’s Land
France
Life Preserver Hidden In Travelling Bag Invention
A travel bag conceals a water tight suit with a false bottom that unfolds in an emergency. The bag provides buoyancy and air through a one way valve system, plus space for food and water for days. An inner inflatable bag guards against punctures, allowing survival at sea.
Doctor Claims 50 Percent Eye Improvement in One Week
An advertisement touts a home remedy to strengthen eyesight by up to fifty percent in a week. It promises relief from eye strain and glasses, citing testimonials about dramatic reading improvements and reduced watering. The remedy involves Bon inspo tablets sold via drugstores with instructions to dissolve in water and take daily.
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Gruggist Sa
Dartmoor Prison Noor Prisms Reverts to Barracks Use
The London Chronicle notes Dartmoor Prison once a convict facility built in the last Great War, opened years after the war, remained vacant, then used as a prison for about eight hundred prisoners. It now reverts in purpose to barracks for prisoners of war after a century.
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Noor Prises
Princetown
Las
London Chronicle
The Backyard's Importance in Civic Growth
The Rotarian argued that citizens must cultivate their own backyards rather than rely on developing vacant lots. He asserted that aggregate backyards form the source of increased supplies, a simple truth noted by the London Free Press.
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London Free Press
Baby's Own Tablets Celebrate Mothers Satisfaction
Satisfied mothers say no other medicine matches Baby's Own Tablets for newborns and growing children. The pills are free of injurious drugs and cannot harm. Mrs. Jos. Morneau of St. Pamphile Que endorses their use for her little ones. Sold by dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Jos. Morneau
St. Pamphile
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
What Farming Is R B Bennett Announcement
The Lethbridge Herald cites R B Bennett arguing that farming is skilled labor rather than an instinctive craft, framing farming as a learned profession requiring expertise.
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R. B. Bennett
Lethbridge Herald
Catarrh Cure Offered as Internal Remedy
The advertisement argues local applications fail to reach the disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It credits Dr. Cheney and Co. of Toledo with a proven formula of tonics and purifiers and promises testimonials on request. It also notes Viani's diminishing pills for constipation.
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Hall
Miller's Worm Powders Promote Digestive Health
Advertorial style praise notes the powder as a complete remedy that drives worms from the system and repairs damage caused by parasites. It claims to invigorate the constitution and speed recovery from digestive disorders, with statements about thorough action and resulting strength and soundness.
Ball lecture on Sun Spots and Solar Chemistry
The Chicago News reports Sir Robert Ball delivered a lecture on sun spots. A young lady expressed regret at missing it and joked she would have been interested as she has freckle trouble.
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Robert Ball
Chicago News
Questioning Canada's War Effort in Imperial Context
Excerpt from the Edmonton Bulletin questions whether Canada is properly contributing to the Empire’s war aims. It argues Canada has sacrificed proportionally to its population, wealth, and status, and asks if Canadians are fighting for themselves or merely supporting Britain, urging reflection on shared obligations and proportional contribution.
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Canada
Great Britain
The
Edmonton Bulletin
The Lure of Bagdad and German Ambitions
A Brooklyn Eagle piece argues Bagdad symbolizes German imperial aims rather than being the actual prize. It notes the Breslau and Goeben incidents spurred Turkey’s entry and that Bagdad represented a gateway to broader dominion in the war’s strategic imagination.
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Bagdad
Breslau
Goeben
Turkey
Germat Arld Dominion
Brooklyn Eagle
Snivelling Hypocrisy in Wartime Rhetoric Critique
The piece denounces British and German actions in World War I, accusing Britain of starvation claims and praising past Union blockade as decisive. It argues Germany bears responsibility for prolonged conflict, calling for crushing the autocracy to ensure world peace. A New York note adds a weary, ironic aside about a person’s appetite amid emotion.
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Confederacy
New York
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